| Curl and libcurl 7.12.1 |
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| Public curl release number: 82 |
| Releases counted from the very beginning: 109 |
| Available command line options: 96 |
| Available curl_easy_setopt() options: 120 |
| Number of public functions in libcurl: 36 |
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| This release includes the following changes: |
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| o socks proxy support even when libcurl is built ipv6-enabled |
| o read callbacks can stop the transfer by returning CURL_READFUNC_ABORT |
| o libcurl-tutorial.3 is the new man page formerly known as libcurl-the-guide |
| o additional SSL trace data might be sent to the debug callback using two new |
| types: CURLINFO_SSL_DATA_IN and CURLINFO_SSL_DATA_OUT |
| o multipart formposts can upload files larger than system memory |
| o the curl tool continues with the next URL even if one transfer fails |
| o FTP 3rd party transfer support - seven new setopt() options |
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| This release includes the following bugfixes: |
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| o curl_share_cleanup() crash fixed |
| o --trace files now get the final info lines too |
| o multi interface connects fine to multi-IP resolving hosts |
| o --limit-rate works on Mac OS X (and other systems with bad poll()s) |
| o cookies can now hold 4999 bytes of content |
| o HTTP POST/PUT with NTLM/Digest/Negotiate to a URL returning 3XX |
| o HTTPS POST/PUT over a proxy requiring NTLM/Digest/Negotiate works now |
| o less restrictive libidn requirements, 0.4.1 or later is fine |
| o fixed HTTP POST or PUT with Digest/Negotiate/NTLM selected but the server |
| didn't require any authentication |
| o win32 file:// transfer free memory bug |
| o configure --disable-http builds a libcurl without HTTP support |
| o CURLOPT_FILETIME had wrong type in curl.h, it expects a long argument |
| o builds fine with Borland on Windows again |
| o the msvc curllib.dsp now builds the libcurl.lib file again |
| o builds fine on VMS again |
| o builds fine on NetWare again |
| o HTTP Digest authentication with proxies uses correct user name + password |
| o now builds fine with lcc-win32 |
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| Other curl-related news since the previous public release: |
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| o James Hu took over after Kevin Roth as maintainer of the curl package on |
| cygwin. Many saludos to Kevin for a work well done during many years. |
| o Gambas binding for libcurl: http://gambas.sf.net/ |
| o pycurl 7.12.0 was released http://pycurl.sf.net/ |
| o wxWidgets binding: http://homepage.mac.com/codonnell/wxcurldav/ |
| o New Austrian curl web mirror: http://curl.gds.tuwien.ac.at/ |
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| This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and |
| advice from friends like these: |
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| Gisle Vanem, Vincent Bronner, Alexander Krasnostavsky, Chris Gaukroger, |
| Günter Knauf, Marty Kuhrt, Kjetil Jacobsen, Steven Bazyl, Seshubabu Pasam, |
| Luca Alteas, Jean-Louis Lemaire, David Byron, David Cohen, Rob Stanzel, |
| Niels van Tongeren, Andrés García |
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| Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone) |